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Synthetic Biology (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Jamie A. Davies
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• Author(s): Jamie A. Davies • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Bio-Science and Agriculture • BISAC: Life Sciences - BiologySynthetic biology is one of the 21st century's fastest growing fields of research, as import...
View full detailsThe Anglo-Saxon Age (VSI): Very Short Introduction
John Blair
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• Author(s): John Blair • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Europe - MedievalFirst published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, John Blair's Very Short Introduction...
View full detailsScience Fiction (VSI): Very Short Introduction
David Seed
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• Author(s): David Seed • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Science Fiction & FantasyScience Fiction has proved notoriously difficult to define. It has been explained as a combination o...
View full detailsPolitics (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Minogue Kenneth
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• Author(s): Minogue Kenneth • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: ReferenceIn this provocative but balanced essay, Kenneth Minogue discusses the development of politics from the a...
View full detailsManagement (VSI): Very Short Introduction
John Hendry
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• Author(s): John Hendry • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Business Management • BISAC: Management - GeneralAbout the Book Leading management scholar, John Hendry provides a lively introduction to the nature and pra...
View full detailsInternational Security (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Christopher S. Browning
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• Author(s): Christopher S. Browning • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Business Management • BISAC: Security (National & International)The subject of international security is never out of the headlines. The sub...
View full detailsMedieval Literature (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Elaine Treharne
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• Author(s): Elaine Treharne • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: MedievalLooking at literature from Medieval Britain and Ireland, including Anglo-Latin and Anglo-Norman poetry, prose and dr...
View full detailsMaterials (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Christopher Hall
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• Author(s): Christopher Hall • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Physics and Astronomy • BISAC: Physics - GeneralThe study of materials is a major field of research that supports and drives innovation in technology. ...
View full detailsObjectivity (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Stephen Gaukroger
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• Author(s): Stephen Gaukroger • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: Ethics & Moral PhilosophyObjectivity is both an essential and elusive philosophical concept. This Very Short...
View full detailsItalian Literature (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Peter Hainsworth, David Robey
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• Author(s): Peter Hainsworth | David Robey • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: European - ItalianIn this Very Short Introduction, Peter Hainsworth and David Robey consider Italian literatu...
View full detailsNanotechnology (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Moriarty, Philip
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• Author(s): Moriarty | Philip • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Physics and Astronomy • BISAC: Nanotechnology & MEMSFrom nanobots to nanoswarms, the field of nanotechnology has been a staple of science fiction....
View full detailsGenius (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Andrew Robinson
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• Author(s): Andrew Robinson • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: History & Surveys - GeneralAbout the Book Genius is the name we give to a quality of work that transcends fashion, ...
View full detailsEvil (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Russell, Luke
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• Author(s): Russell | Luke • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: GeneralThe code of conduct for a leading tech company famously says "Don't Be Evil." But what exactly is evil? Is it jus...
View full detailsEnvironmental Law (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Fisher
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• Author(s): Fisher • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Law and Criminology • BISAC: EnvironmentalEnvironmental law is the law concerned with environmental problems. It is a vast area of law that operates from the loc...
View full detailsCognitive Behavioural Therapy (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Freda Mcmanus
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• Author(s): Freda Mcmanus • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Psychotherapy - BehaviorismbVery Short Introductionsb: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring /b Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) is a form of psychological therapy. ...
View full detailsDemography (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Sarah Harper
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• Author(s): Sarah Harper • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: DemographyAbout the Book The generation into which each person is born, the demographic composition of that cohort, a...
View full detailsDementia (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Taylor
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• Author(s): Taylor • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Medical, Nursing and Health Sciences • BISAC: NeuroscienceAbout the Book As more of us live longer, the fear of an old age devastated by brain diseases like deme...
View full detailsCitizenship (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Richard Bellemy
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• Author(s): Richard Bellemy • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Civics & CitizenshipAbout the Book Interest in citizenship has never been higher. Politicians of all stripes str...
View full detailsCharles Dickens (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Jenny Hartley
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• Author(s): Jenny Hartley • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Literary FiguresCharles Dickens is credited with creating some of the world's best-known fictional characters, and is widely r...
View full detailsCancer (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Walter Gratzer
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• Author(s): Walter Gratzer • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Medical, Nursing and Health Sciences • BISAC: HistoryAbout the Book In 1961 John F. Kennedy pledged to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade. Ni...
View full detailsAgriculture (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Brassley & Soffe, Richard Soffe
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• Author(s): Brassley & Soffe | Richard Soffe • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Bio-Science and Agriculture • BISAC: Agriculture - GeneralAbout the Book Agriculture, one of the oldest human occupations, is pract...
View full detailsBiogeography (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Mark V. Lomolino
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• Author(s): Mark V. Lomolino • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeographyBiogeography is the study of geographic variation in all characteristics of life - ranging...
View full detailsChemistry (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Peter Atkins
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• Author(s): Peter Atkins • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Chemistry • BISAC: Chemistry - GeneralMost people remember chemistry from their schooldays as largely incomprehensible, a subject that was fact-rich but un...
View full detailsContemporary Fiction (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Robert Eaglestone
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• Author(s): Robert Eaglestone • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Semiotics & TheoryIn this Very Short Introduction, Robert Eaglestone provides a clear and engaging exploration of the ...
View full detailsComedy (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Matthew Bevis
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• Author(s): Matthew Bevis • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: HumorTo consider comedy in its many incarnations is to raise diverse but related questions: what, for instance, is humour, and...
View full detailsAdvertising (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Winston Fletcher
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• Author(s): Winston Fletcher • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Business Management • BISAC: Advertising & PromotionAdvertising is riddled with myths and misunderstandings. It is believed to be both immensely po...
View full detailsBarthes (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Jonathan Culler
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• Author(s): Jonathan Culler • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Semiotics & TheoryRoland Barthes (1915-80) was an 'incomparable enlivener of the literary mind' whose lifelong fasc...
View full detailsAnimal Rights (VSI): Very Short Introduction
David Degrazia
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• Author(s): David Degrazia • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: General Books • BISAC: GeneralDo animals have moral rights? If so, what does this mean? What sorts of mental lives do animals have, and how should we und...
View full detailsWorld War II: A Very Short Introduction
Worl War Ii Vsi
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• Author(s): Worl War Ii Vsi • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Wars & Conflicts - World War II - GeneralThe enormous loss of life and physical destruction caused by the First World War led peopl...
View full detailsThought
Tim Bayne
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• Author(s): Tim Bayne • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Mind & BodyThere is no denying that thinking comes naturally to human beings and that thinking is indeed central to what ...
View full detailsThe History of Emotions: A Very Short Introduction
Thomas Dixon
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• Author(s): Thomas Dixon • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Social HistoryVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Emotions are complex mental states that resist reduction. They are vis...
View full detailsThe Cold War: A Very Short Introduction
Mcmahon, Robert J.
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• Author(s): Mcmahon, Robert J. • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Modern - 20th Century - GeneralVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The Cold War dominated international life from ...
View full detailsThe Abrahamic Religions: A Very Short Introduction: A Very Short Introduction
Cohen
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• Author(s): Cohen • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Judaism - GeneralIn the book of Genesis, God bestows a new name upon Abram--Abraham, a father of many nations. With this name and...
View full detailsSocialism: A Very Short Introduction
Newman
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• Author(s): Newman • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-Communism & SocialismWhat is socialism? Does it have a future, or has it become ...
View full detailsNuclear Physics: A Very Short Introduction
Frank Close
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• Author(s): Frank Close • Publisher: Oxford University Press • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press • BISAC: Physics - NuclearNuclear physics began long before the identification of fundamental particles, with J. J. Thomson's discovery of ...
View full detailsNegotiation: A Very Short Introduction
Carrie Menkel-Meadow
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• Author(s): Carrie Menkel-Meadow • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Business Management • BISAC: International Relations - GeneralbVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring /b Everyone negotiates. Whenev...
View full detailsMulticulturalism: A Very Short Introduction
Rattansi, Ali
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• Author(s): Rattansi, Ali • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Cultural & Ethnic Studies - GeneralIn this Very Short Introduction, Ali Rattansi provides a balanced assessment of...
View full detailsEmotion: A Very Short Introduction
Evans, Dylan
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• Author(s): Evans, Dylan • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Education & Psychology • BISAC: EmotionsWas love invented by European poets in the Middle Ages or is it part of human nature? Will winning the lottery ...
View full detailsEcology: A Very Short Introduction
Ghazoul, Jaboury
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• Author(s): Ghazoul, Jaboury • Publisher: Oxford University Press • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press • BISAC: EcologyUnderstanding how our living environment works is essentially a study of ecological systems. Ecology is the science of...
View full detailsDevelopment: A Very Short Introduction
Ian Goldin
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• Author(s): Ian Goldin • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Economics • BISAC: Development - Economic DevelopmentWhat do we mean by development? How can citizens, governments, and the international community foster de...
View full detailsConsciousness: A Very Short Introduction
Susan Blackmore
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• Author(s): Susan Blackmore • Publisher: Oxford University Press • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press • BISAC: Developmental - GeneralConsciousness, "the last great mystery for science," remains a hot topic. How can a physical brain crea...
View full detailsClimate Change: A Very Short Introduction
Maslin, Mark
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• Author(s): Maslin, Mark • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Earth Sciences - Meteorology & ClimatologyVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring In the last few year...
View full detailsBiodiversity Conservation
MacDonald
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• Author(s): MacDonald • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Bio-Science and Agriculture • BISAC: Life Sciences - EcologyVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Extinction is a natural process. In geologic...
View full detailsAfrican History: A Very Short Introduction
Parker
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• Author(s): Parker • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Africa - GeneralThis Very Short Introduction looks at Africa's past and reflects on the changing ways it has been imagined and represented, both...
View full detailsThe Roman Republic (VSI): Very Short Introduction
David M. Gwynn
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• Author(s): David M. Gwynn • Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK) • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press (UK) • BISAC: Ancient - RomeThe rise and fall of the Roman Republic occupies a special place in the history of Western civilization...
View full detailsTheology (VSI): Very Short Introduction
David Ford
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• Author(s): David Ford • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: TheologyThis Very Short Introduction provides both the believer and non-believer with a balanced survey of the central quest...
View full detailsSocial Work (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Sally Holland
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• Author(s): Sally Holland • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Social WorkSocial workers spend their time trying to ease social suffering. They encounter the extreme casualties of s...
View full detailsTaxation (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Stephen Smith
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• Author(s): Stephen Smith • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Economics • BISAC: Taxation - CorporateTaxation is crucial to the functioning of the modern state. Tax revenues pay for public services - roads, the court...
View full detailsSlang (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Jonathon Green
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• Author(s): Jonathon Green • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Linguistics - Historical & ComparativeSlang, however one judges it, shows us at our most human. It is used widely and oft...
View full detailsPlato (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Julia Annas
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• Author(s): Julia Annas • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: History & Surveys - Ancient & ClassicalThis lively and accessible book focuses on the philosophy and argument of Pl...
View full detailsLate Antiquity (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Gillian Clark
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• Author(s): Gillian Clark • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Ancient - RomeLate antiquity saw the barbarian invasions overrun the western Roman empire and Persian and Arab armies end Roma...
View full detailsLeibniz (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Maria Rosa Antognazza
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• Author(s): Maria Rosa Antognazza • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA • BISAC: History & PhilosophyGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716) was a man of extraordinary intellectual creativi...
View full detailsInnovation (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Mark Dodgson
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• Author(s): Mark Dodgson • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA • BISAC: InventionsWhat is innovation? How is innovation used in business? How can we use it to succeed? Innovation, the ways id...
View full detailsBlood (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Chris E. Cooper
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• Author(s): Chris E. Cooper • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Bio-Science and Agriculture • BISAC: Life Sciences - BiologyBlood is vital to most animals. In mammals it transports oxygen and food, carries away waste...
View full detailsForests (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Jaboury Ghazoul
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• Author(s): Jaboury Ghazoul • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Life Sciences - EcologySince the dawn of human civilization, forests have provided us with food, resources, and energ...
View full detailsFreemasonry (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Andreas Onnerfors
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• Author(s): Andreas Onnerfors • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Freemasonry & Secret SocietiesFreemasonry is one of the oldest and most widespread voluntary organizations in the world. Over the...
View full detailsEpicureanism (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Catherine Wilson
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• Author(s): Catherine Wilson • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA • BISAC: History & Surveys - Ancient & ClassicalEpicureanism is commonly associated with a carefree view of life and...
View full detailsEnergy Systems (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Nick Jenkins
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• Author(s): Nick Jenkins • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Natural ResourcesModern societies require energy systems to provide energy for cooking, heating, transport, and material...
View full detailsArt Theory (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Cynthia Freeland
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• Author(s): Cynthia Freeland • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Fine Arts • BISAC: Criticism & TheoryAbout the Series: Oxford's Very Short Introductions offers concise and original introductions to a wide range...
View full detailsCoral Reefs (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Charles Sheppard
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• Author(s): Charles Sheppard • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Bio-Science and Agriculture • BISAC: Ecosystems & Habitats - Oceans & SeasVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Coral reefs are...
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